“One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that if you drive into London at 6am, half of the cars on the roads are Porsches and Astons. Whereas if you go in at ten to nine, they’re all Renaults. Simple solution, then. You want a nice car? Get up earlier and do more work.”
— Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Porsche 911 GT3
If someone asks you for something, provide them with a clear “No” or a delivery date.
- Omar Hamoui
I recently read about the Pomodoro Technique at Lifehacker. Simply put, it is to:
Choose a task to be accomplished.
Set the Pomodoro to 25 minutes (the Pomodoro is the timer).
Work on the task until the Pomodoro rings.
Thus it is to do “distraction free working in dashes”. 5 to 6 Pomodoros a day can help you achieve many goals/targets. Try it!!!
Above pic is my favorite Pomodoro Timer [using Rhythmbox - Alarm Plugin on Ubuntu - Linux]. Others may try timers in mobile phones, or simply a start-stop …
ToRead - An email-based "Read-It-Later" service
How often you stumble upon an interesting article and due to paucity of time unable to read it ? For me it happens quite a few times and till now I ended up just adding it to bookmarks.
ToRead is an awesome service and mails the complete article (along with source link) to your inbox.
Give it a try!!!
